Senior Social Worker - Adult Social Care

Posted 05 August 2024
Salary Up to £40.00 per hour
LocationCambridge
Job type Temporary
Discipline Social Work
Reference18986
ContactCheryl Childs

Job description

Opus People Solutions on behalf of Cambridgeshire County Council have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Social Worker to join thier Adults Team.

This role will be hybrid with 2 days a week being based at the office at Scott's house.
Cambridgeshire County Council' s approach to social work and social care is proactive, preventative, and personalised. We support working with individuals, carers, and families, focusing on individual strengths and available assets, to consider holistic creative solutions to support the individual to meet their aspirations.


In this role you will be
To provide professional leadership in situations which have highly complex case arrangements for assessment and support planning in situations which involve risk, complexity and safety of the service user and others.

To provide written and verbal reports which are concise, informative, and based on analysis of complex evidence.

Complete support planning with service users to ensure that outcomes identified at assessment are met through the provision of support, equipment, adaptations and enabling programmes.

Actively engage with, assist, and provide advice to carers, conducting carers assessments when appropriate, to enable them to sustain their caring role.


Allocate and authorise support packages as appropriate.


Manage and utilise cash limited budgets to commission services and assistance from other sources.
Lead guide and direct team members to ensure work plans are in place and accountability taken by each team member for the cases held.


To provide written and verbal reports, appropriate for courts and other legal purposes, which are concise, informative, and based on complex evidence to support problem solving and resolution.


If you strive to make a difference and have Adults Senior Social Worker experience and this is the role for you then we would love to hear from you.